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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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